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The
Public Trustee acts as a watchdog to protect the interests of road
traffic accident victims who have suffered personal injuries under
the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks & Compensation) Act (Cap.
189). He examines the adequacy of out-of-court settlements of compensation,
ensures that all solicitor's fees and disbursements are reasonable
and distributes the compensation monies to the persons entitled. After
agreement on the Party and Party Costs with the Defendant(s)/ Insurer(s),
solicitors acting for the injured must submit their proposal for their
Solicitor and Client Costs in Lieu of Taxation to the Public Trustee
for approval. The Public Trustee will approve or alternatively make
his recommendations on the solicitors’ proposal for their Solicitor
and Client costs and return it to the solicitors. Submission of Approval
of Solicitor and Client Costs is one of the eServices under IPTO's
Public Trustee eServices.
This eService is free-of-charge.
Note:
Where the accident involves multiple victims, separate applications
are to be made for each victim.
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If you are new to IPTO eServices, you may
like to go through General Information
first.
If you have
problem accessing IPTO eServices, please check
Technical
Guide.
Step-by-Step
Guide |
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a. |
Depending
on your role appointed, you will be able to Create New Case, Edit,
Delete or View pending submissions. You will only be able to submit
a case if you have been given the role of a submitter by your
Organisation Account Administrator. |
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b. |
To create new case
for Solicitor & Client Costs, please provide the Public Trustee's
File Reference No. and click on icon as shown:
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c. |
This
page will display all the pending submissions that belong to your organisation. For each pending case submission, key information
like File Reference No., Accident Victim Name, Solicitor File
No., Last Updated By and Last Updated Date/ Time will be displayed.
Each pending case will be retained in the system for ONLY 7 calendar
days. |
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d. |
Click
on 
to modify details previously entered in pending submissions. |
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e. |
Click
on 
to delete a pending submission. You will be prompted to confirm
the deletion. Click on [Ok] to delete the Case or [Cancel] to
cancel the action. |
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a. |
The
Public Trustee File Reference No., Name of Victim and Solicitor
File Reference No. will be auto-displayed based on previously
submitted case of Motor Accident Compensation Settlement. |
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b. |
The
Total General Damages amount, Total Special Damages amount and
Interests Claimed amount will also be auto-displayed. |
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c. |
The
Public Trustee's fees will be determined based on the general
damages amount. The fees charged will be S$300.00 if the general
damages exceeds S$5000.00 but does not exceed S$10000.00, and S$500.00 for those exceeding
S$10000.00. |
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a. |
The
system will auto-approve the Solicitor and Client Costs if the
proposed Solicitor & Client Costs is less than or equal to
15% of the Party and Party Costs, and the proposed Solicitor &
Client Disbursements is less than or equal to the Party and Party
Disbursements. |
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b. |
If
either the proposed Solicitor & Client Costs or Disbursements
or both do not meet the requirement set out in the above paragraph,
the system will display the Public Trustee's recommended Solicitor
& Client Costs or Disbursements or both. |
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c. |
If
you agree to the recommendation by the Public Trustee, the system
will proceed to the Transaction Summary Page. Otherwise, you will
be brought to the appropriate Counter Proposal Page for you to
indicate your counter proposal. |
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a. |
This page
is displayed to you when both the proposed Solicitor & Client
Costs and Disbursements are not approved by the Public Trustee. |
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b. |
You
must state your reason for proposing your Solicitor & Client
Costs at more than 15% above Party and Party Costs. |
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c. |
You must state
your reasons for proposing your Solicitor & Client Disbursements
of each item which contribute to your proposed Disbursements being
more than Party and Party Disbursements. |
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d. |
After
stating your reasons, you may then proceed to the Transaction
Summary Page by clicking on the [Next] button. |
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a. |
This page
is displayed when the proposed Solicitor & Client Costs is
not approved by the Public Trustee. |
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b. |
You
must state your reason for proposing your
Solicitor & Client Costs at more than 15% above Party and
Party Costs. |
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c. |
After
stating your reasons, you may then proceed to the Transaction
Summary Page by clicking on the [Next] button. |
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a. |
This page
is displayed when the proposed Solicitor & Client Disbursements
is not approved by the Public Trustee.
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b. |
You must state your reasons
for proposing your Solicitor & Client Disbursements of each
item which contribute to your proposed Disbursements being more
than Party and Party Disbursements. |
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c. |
After
stating your reasons, you may then proceed to the Transaction
Summary Page by clicking on the [Next] button. |
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a. |
This page displays the details
that you have entered. Please go through this page to check whether
all the information entered is correct. You can do this online
or print out a copy for checking. |
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b. |
To print, please click on
this icon as shown:
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a. |
Upon successful submission,
an E-Filing No. will be generated. Please print out a copy for
filing. |
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To print, please click on
this icon as shown:
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c. |
Please
note that the Solicitor & Client Costs and Disbursements may
be auto-approved by the Public Trustee upon submission. In the
case where it is not auto-approved the Public Trustee will liase
with you on the case.
3 possible status messages will be displayed
after submission: |
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"The Public
Trustee is agreeable to your proposal for the Solicitor
& Client Costs at S$XXX and disbursement at S$YYY." |
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"Solicitor
& Client Costs is mutually agreed at S$XXX and disbursement
at S$YYY." |
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"Please be
informed that Public Trustee will assess your costs and
disbursements and will revert back to you." |
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| Version
No: 1.0 |
Last Updated:23/08/2004 |
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